Adjustable skylight structure



July 28, 1925. I

' J. F. STUCKERT ADJUSTABLE SKYLIGHT STRUCTURE Filed Oct. 28, 1924 ATTORNEYS.

Patented July 28, 1925.

. ADJUSTABLE sxynrcnr'srnuornnn Applicationfiledtfictoberr28, 1924. Serial No. 746,266.

To tilt whom'it may concern:

Be it known that E[, "JOHN FR-amin STUOKER a citizen of the United States, re-

si'din in the city and county of Philadelphia and tate of Pennsylvania," have invented a certain new and useful. Adjustable 'Skyli-ght Structure,- of Whiclrthe following is aspec-ification.

This invention, generally stated,*relate's to a" building construction and more particularlytheroofthereof in which a skylight may be employed, v

in work of" his kind, as at 'present pr-acticed, no adequate provision is made, from an engineers viewpoint, for compensating for inequalities or distortion-of the roof parts up'on which a 'sk-ylightor other covering "is-to "fbewp'os iti'oned. As a result,'roof parts frequently-must be built up .or a proper level secured by employing wedges or the. like wh ichin addition to being 'unsatisfactory from an engineering standpoint, consumes valuable time and is generally nnsatisfactory since seepage or leaks-are invited. 'The leading object of thepresent invention is to overcome these disadvantageous features and provide anarrangement, combination and connection of parts whereby a mechanie'allyeflicient and ready adjustment of skylight or other eovering parts with respect t o a building may be effected to ensure water=ti-ght joints. A' fu-rther' obj ect of'the present invention resides in the provision. of a'd-j ustably positioned, spaced skylight or other parts to ensure air spaces therebetween for insulation purposes, which spaees may, if desired, be filled with suitable insulation material.

Other objects residein'the provision of general details of construction for attaining the results sought by said leading object. Other and further objects not at this time appearing will be hereinafter more particularly referred to.

The invention consists of the novel construction hereinafter described and finally claimed. v

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will be more fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part thereof, and in which:

Fig. 1, is a fragmentary view in longitudinal section of a skylight structure embodying the invention.

' Fig.2, is a simila'r viewz of la .slightzlyalit ferent tfor-m, and

Fig. 3-, 1s a cross-seoti=on on -Eigz For-th'e 'purposeof illustrating; my airmen-F" tie-n '1 have shown in the oaceompanying drawings two forms, thereof which area tat present preferred by me,- since the isamefhawe been found an practice to' give I satsiisfaxetory and reliable results, although iitfisn to understood that the #various instrumentalities of which 2 my invention consists he variously arranged and organized an that my invention "is: not limited to the arrangement and organization ofitheziinstru mentalities as herein shown and-described.

Referri'ng-no'w to the drawings in and with more especial rel'ationto F ig. lg itllae reference numer a1 1 designates (curbing! upon a roof or side or other' parto faastructure to which a -skylight is to' be attached. riillu-strative pu-r-poses but one :endw-f ithelea-rhing 1 has been shown and-*whi le showni as Olf concrete obviously other material may ;;be employ-ed. Spanning the cu ribr parts ais'ra gutter.2"wh ich may beaa channel beamior other suitable *mem ber. *fl-The gutter L12 his shown secured to the 'curb' 1; by me'ainsl' o faa metal angle strap 3, the ends of .whichatare reversely bent =s0 thatone end ithereoff isiarranged 1 within the gutter 2v and Tithe mprposite end-of which is ara an gedjibeneath thenourh .1. It --*w-i-11 be under'stood' thatra duplicate eonstructionis present 'at e'ach eurlb .end. 2 When the strap 3 is secured to place (in. a manner to jfbe presently described) itlaie igntteri .uis anchored to the eur bi rrg; Arranged-1 above and spaced "from tlie g utter 2- and other are the skylight or: othercowering supports shown as 'being bars' l4"u:ponr wlii'ehais positioned compo-board, asbestos sheets, a sheet of glass or the like 5, the same being arranged in parallelism. These bars 4 at each end, including the sheet of glass or other covering material and the gutter 2 are apertured in register for the passage therethrough of bolts 6, or rods 7 (see Fig. 3) screw threaded at each end. Nuts 8 upon said bolts 6 clamps theplate of glass 5 be tween the broad faces of the bars 4. The head 9 of bolt 6 together with lock nut 10 supports the bolt with respect to beam 2. The covering, as glass 5, may be secured between the bars 44 by means of putty 11. The space between the beam 2 and between the spaced coverings may be left, as shown in the drawings, to provide insulating air inequalities or distortion of the curbing, gutter or supporting members 4 may be compensated for by adjusting the various nuts upon the bolts or. rods to obtain a deslred po sition of the skylight proper with respect to the other parts thereof. The present invention is an improvement upon my U. S. Patent #316,413 dated April 21, 1885.

Referring now to Figs. 2 and 3 a slightly modified form is shown although the principle of. adjustment and double insulating spaces are the same. The present structure I is designed to support heavy coverings 5 ofv glass, compo-board, asbestos sheets or other covering material. The rods 7 or bolts if the latter are used have clamped upon opposite sides plates 16 bolted together at 17. A. channel beam 18 is supported upon said plates 16 and the beam supports a metal member 19-. Between member 19 and another channel beam 20, upon which is arranged the covering 5, a thimble 21 is arranged. Thus a very strong and rigid support for the covering 5 is supplied. Adjustment of nuts 8 provides for any inequalities present in the structure as a whole.

It will now, be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful construction which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description and while I have in the present instance shown anddescribed the preferred embodiment thereof which has been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same is susceptibleofflmodification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: r

1. In a skylight structure a curbing, a

gutter supported thereon, a plurality of glass-supporting means arranged in superimposed, spaced relation above said gutter, a bolt at each end of said gutter provided with means for sustaining said glass-supporting means, nuts and lock nuts for said bolts to secure adjustment of said glass-sup porting means toward or away. from said gutter, vertical plates and a horizontal channel beam arranged between said spaced means adjacent said bolts to reinforce said spaced parts.

2. In a skylight structure a curbing, a

imposed, spaced relation above said gutter, a b

bolt at each end of said gutter provided with means for sustaining said glass-supporting means, nuts and lock nuts for said bolts to secure adjustment of said glass-supporting means toward or away from said gutter, vertical plates, a horizontal channel beam arranged between said spaced means adjacent said bolts to reinforce said spaced parts, and bolts for securing said plates together. H

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

JOHN FRANKLIN STUCKERT. 

